... The list of sites allegedly contaminated by ExxonMobil was similar to the list submitted by
Consumer Cause. ... Garamendi v. American Autoplan, Inc., supra, 20 Cal.App.4th at p. 772.) "The
rule is established and enforced not `so much to protect the rights of parties as to protect the ...

... acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results
in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer." These include, most pertinently to
the present case, "[r]epresenting that a transaction confers or involves rights, remedies, or ...

... ability to prosecute socially important claims: "requiring an affirmative waiver from persons whose
personal identifying information is sought by others could have potentially adverse effects in cases
brought to redress a variety of social ills, including consumer rights litigation," it ...